Debian fixed it using "--retry $SIGNAL/30/KILL/5" on debian/1.3.5_rc4-3.
See commit from frankie: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-proftpd /proftpd-dfsg.git;a=blobdiff;f=debian/proftpd- basic.init;h=4d5b015588cf03c2966bff1a9984a7667580c797;hp=6cdd2d22d221ce0cc9c0d3021eef7e0bd0247eec;hb=1673a543ffb5665b4bb5786c9e60edae4c07cc1e;hpb=196f4e5185067e4ba55d0a88054d97cc97a71804 Confirmed to fix the issue for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246245 Title: proftpd service failed to restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/proftpd-dfsg/+bug/1246245/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
